Elk Tooth Traverse
Date: September 25, 2022
Route: From the Allenspark Trailhead
Distance: 19.5 miles
Vertical: 5,455 feet
Time: 12 hours 10 minutes
Partners: Solo
My GPS track.
Finch Lake
Pear Lake with the Elk Tooth east ridge visible behind.
Lower Hutcheson Lake.
Middle Hutcheson Lake.
Last good water source before the high traverse.
Looking south after gaining the east ridge.
Large stable talus on the first part of the traverse.
Looking back down at Lower Hutcheson and Pear Lakes.
First good view of the Elk Tooth summit with one of the St. Vrain Glaciers in the background.
First there is a false summit to work around.
Final ridge section.
Cony Lake.
Ogalalla Peak is the next objective.
On the descent.
Approaching the col.
Looking back at Elk Tooth.
Looking southeast.
Looking north.
Working along the ridge.
Slab below the summit.
Top of the slab.
Ogalalla summit, looking back at Elk Tooth with the Hutcheson Lakes below.
Coney Lake.
Descent off the peak to the north is surprisingly easy.
Junco Lake from near Cony pass.
Alien obelisk in the talus.
From the summit of Ouzel Peak, looking back at the easy part of the traverse. Ogalalla and Elk Tooth still visible.
The descent route with Pipit and Bluebird Lakes below.
Back to a water source.
Bluebird Lake.
